Biology:Pepinia bulbosa

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Pepinia bulbosa
Pepinia bulbosa seedling.jpg
Pepinia bulbosa seedling
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
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Monocots
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P. bulbosa
Binomial name
Pepinia bulbosa
(L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin
Synonyms
  • Pitcairnia bulbosa L.B.Sm.

Pepinia bulbosa is a species in the genus Pepinia. It was originally described by Lyman Bradford Smith in 1955 as Pitcairnia bulbosa and later moved to the genus Pepinia by Ganapathy Subramaniam Varadarajan and Amy Jean Gilmartin in 1988.[1]

This species is found in Colombia in dry rich soil in crevices of granite rock. It is also found in Venezuela.[2]

References

  1. "Plant name details". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://www.ipni.org/n/945279-1. 
  2. Smith, L. B. (1977), The Bromeliaceae of Colombia. Baltimore: Reed Herbarium.

Wikidata ☰ Q7166291 entry